http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2611_pintxos-gerald-hirigoyen-2009-us collaborative book reviews about all things food and wine Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/2611_pintxos-gerald-hirigoyen-2009-us/comment-page-1#comment-4569 Cookbook Confidential Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:53:56 +0000 http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/?p=2611#comment-4569 Trained in France, and working in the U.S. he offers a lot of unconventional adaptations for these basque bites. Like just adding olives to duck l'orange, or adding black-eyed peas to calamari, but most of them are delectable. The only recipe I don't recommend though, is the lychee gazpacho which you've put here. It's pretty, but it's just cloyingly sweet and the color comes out quite a bit different to what's pictured. That said, the more traditional dishes are good too: I discuss many of them on my own site. Trained in France, and working in the U.S. he offers a lot of unconventional adaptations for these basque bites. Like just adding olives to duck l’orange, or adding black-eyed peas to calamari, but most of them are delectable. The only recipe I don’t recommend though, is the lychee gazpacho which you’ve put here. It’s pretty, but it’s just cloyingly sweet and the color comes out quite a bit different to what’s pictured. That said, the more traditional dishes are good too: I discuss many of them on my own site.

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